Tonka Water Featured in Ohio AWWA Section Newsletter

Tonka Water was recently featured in the Ohio AWWA Summer 2017 newsletter. This article highlights microcystin removal using Tonka Water's ion exchange technology in Archbold, OH. Tonka Water assisted in performance testing to assess the system's ability to reduce existing microcystin (TM) levels. 

The Archbold, Ohio Water Treatment Plant is Tonka Water's  first Ohio Organix™ system installation. The Organix™ system removes TOC in this Northwestern Ohio community's surface water supply and is designed to treat 2,083 gallons per minute. 

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Tonka Water is selected to provide Organix™ System in Winter Springs, FL

Tonka Water was recently awarded a contract in Winter Springs, Florida to provide an Organix™ ion exchange system for removal of total organic carbon (TOC) to mitigate disinfection byproduct (DBP) formation. Tonka Water's cost-effective, customizable and user friendly Organix™ system will also have the capability to provide biological enhancement for removal of hydrogen sulfide alongside TOC removal.

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Tonka Water Awarded Project for Water Treatment Plant Expansion in West Carteret, NC

Tonka Water was recently selected to provide water treatment equipment for a plant expansion in West Carteret, North Carolina. This project adds Tonka Water's Organix™ ion exchange system for TOC/color removal, as well as an induced draft aerator and cation softening unit.

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Tonka Water Selected for Expansion in Palm Beach County

Tonka Water was recently awarded a project for a 20 million gallon a day (MGD) expansion of an existing 10 MGD Tonka Water Organix™ ion exchange system in Palm Beach County, FL. Designed by GlobalTech, Inc of Boca Raton, FL, the expansion brings total organics removal capacity at Water Treatment Plant #8 to 30 MGD. The addition of 14 vessels assures the county of a reliable means to consistently treat their total organic carbon (TOC) to less than 3 mg/L and color to less than 5 color units.

 

Palm Beach County initially installed and commissioned a Tonka Water Organix™ ion exchange system downstream from lime softening in 2008 to address issues with total organic carbon (TOC), disinfection byproduct precursors (DBPs), and excessive color in their finished water. Rated at 10 MGD, this original seven-vessel system has since performed exceptionally well and is a proven, consistent and reliable process for the county to meet water quality requirements. As a county owned and operated facility, staff have prioritized proper operations and maintenance, leading to successful treatment.

 

Pleased with the performance of the initial system, the decision was made by the county to commit to additional ion exchange capacity for TOC and color removal. Throughout the design phase, Tonka Water assisted in designing what would become a cost effective addition of fourteen vessels and 20 MGD of treatment capacity. New innovations were incorporated into the system design ensuring efficient, state of the art cleaning and regeneration. The new system is on target to be commissioned in 2017, and once completed, the twenty-one vessel, 30 MGD capacity system at Water Treatment Plant #8 will stand alone as the largest municipal ion exchange system for organics removal or otherwise, in the United States.

 

Tonka Water is proud to be a part of the county's future treatment strategy.

Existing Palm Beach County, FL Organix™ ion exchange treatment system

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Tonka Water Awarded Contract for Water Treatment System in Illinois

Tonka Water is pleased to announce a recent project in Lexington, IL. This water treatment system includes horizontal pressure filtration and forced draft aeration for the treatment of iron and manganese.  This system also includes ion exchange to provide softening and the removal of total organic carbon (TOC) for the community’s water supply. 

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Tonka Water to provide new ORGANIX™ system to Winter Springs, FL

Tonka Water is pleased to announce a new water treatment plant serving the people of Winter Springs, Florida. Taking advantage of Tonka Water’s 17 years of experience with fixed bed anion exchange for total organic carbon (TOC) and color removal in Florida, Winter Springs will use Tonka Water’s ORGANIX™ system to reduce their TOC and disinfection by-products. ORGANIX™ is an efficient and cost-effective treatment solution that provides both a compact footprint and low wastewater volume.

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Tonka Water Selected to Build a New Water Treatment System in Haines City, FL

Tonka Water was awarded a contract in Haines City, Florida to provide a dissolved organic Ion Exchange system. Tonka Water’s cost-effective, customized and user friendly ORGANIX™ system will also provide biological enhancement to remove hydrogen sulfide along with total organic carbon (TOC).


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Tonka Water Commissions first Organix™ Water Treatment System in OH

Tonka Water recently commissioned its first Organix™ system in Archbold, Ohio. The Organix™ system removes TOC in the community’s surface water supply. Designed to treat 2,083 gallons per minute, Organix™ was found to be the most cost effective solution for this challenging surface water.

Visit the Organix™ page on the Tonka Water website for more information on this innovative process!

Tonka Water Commissions a Plant in Alaska

Tonka Water is pleased to announce a recent commission of a treatment facility at a refinery in Alaska. This installed system uses horizontal and vertical pressure filters along with Tonka Water’s efficient Simul-Wash™ backwash system to remove iron, manganese and TOC. 

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Tonka Ion Exchange system makes a difference in Morehead City, NC

by John Berrigan
Tonka Equipment Company

Morehead City recently dedicated a new water treatment plant featuring Tonka Ion Exchange for softening, color and TOC reduction. Interested citizens, community leaders and medical professionals attended the open house. The City was pleased to add this improvement to one of their most essential citizen services – an abundant, appealing, and healthful drinking water supply.

Background

Morehead City’s water supply comes from groundwater wells and contains minerals that create a hard scale in the pipelines. It also contains naturally occurring color that is noticeable in bathtubs, pools, and in drinking cups. For treatment of the hardness and color, Tonka provided three ion exchange vessels using solar salt to produce softened water, and three ion exchange vessels to decolorize the water and remove materials that had the potential to form disinfection byproducts. The facility was designed by McDavid Associates of Farmville, NC.

Ion exchange—an innovative and unique treatment solution

Other communities with similar water typically have used a different process —either activated carbon or reverse osmosis. By contrast, ion exchange uses less than a third of the energy and conserves much more of the water drawn from Morehead City’s wells. From an environmental perspective, the ion exchange process is more energy efficient, the salt used in the system is non-toxic, naturally abundant, and is produced by solar evaporation. A winning combination for

the City!

Positive results enjoyed by all

The positive effect on the community was almost immediate. The local hospital noticed that the cost of assuring high purity water for their instruments and treatment practices dropped in half. Local residents voiced their pleasure about having soft decolorized water. The difference between the well water and the finished water was remarkable. During the peak tourist season, the water plant produces 1,200,000 gallons per day of softened, decolorized water. The Tonka ion exchange system achieves the water quality required by the City of Morehead with a cost-effective, environmentally sound solution.